Slow eating is a habit associated with intake moderation and lower rates of overweight and obesity, and slow eating may also actually increase your energy spend
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Eating after 8pm has been associated with weight gain. But what if 8pm is the middle of your day? Many of today’s teens and college-aged kids live in social jetlag.
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Chefs know about the importance of texture and mouthfeel; texture adds another dimension to the food experience and makes food more interesting and enjoyable. There’s growing evidence that texture may also affect satiety.
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It’s becoming clear that the keeping-lost-weight-off part is at least just as hard as shedding those pounds.
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Pulses -- such as beans, lentils, chickpeas and dried peas -- have lots of fiber and protein, a low glycemic index, and one could imagine that these traits are beneficial to weight loss.
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According to a new study moderation is a number greater than what one should eat, and forever greater than what people personally consume
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There are mysterious clocks inside our brain, and in every cell in our body, and those regulate not only sleep and wakefulness, but also hormones and metabolic pathways.
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We're not particularly rational when it comes to food. Time and time again it has been shown that external cues and based-on-nothing hunches affect our food choices, our hunger and appetite, and our sense of taste.
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Current trends are moving away from just calorie counting, and towards a more holistic approach. Slowing down your meal should be high on that list.
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Proponents of grazing claim that frequent, small meals rein in your appetite, and keep you from eating indiscriminately when it’s finally mealtime. How important is meal size? Despite what diet plans claim the science is scant and with conflicting results.
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